Charge From the Board of Directors
The Commission for Diversity, Social, and Economic Justice shall promote in social work education inclusion, equity, social and economic justice, and the integration of knowledge of how the multiple aspects of human diversity intersect. The Commission shall perform this function through establishing and advancing collaborative partnerships with all Council on Social Work Education diversity and social justice-related commissions and affiliated groups, including external intra-professional and multidisciplinary partnerships. The Commission shall work directly with all organizational units of the Council on endeavors related to diversity and social and economic justice, and serve in an advisory capacity to the Center for Diversity, Social, and Economic Justice. Concerning itself with the impacts of oppression, power, and privilege, the Commission shall also initiate and support efforts to expand the presence of historically oppressed and under-represented populations among students, faculty, and staff in social work education programs.
Councils
- Council on Disability and Persons With Disabilities
- Council on Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Diversity
- Council on the Role and Status of Women in Social Work Education
- Council on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression
2023 Report to the Board of Directors
Chair
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Melissa Singh, EdD, LCSW
Chair, Commission for Diversity and Social and Economic Justice
University of Southern California
Co-Chair
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Terrell Brown, PhD, LMSW, LGSW
Associate Dean & Professor
Baltimore City Community College
Member
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Karina Gil, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor / Director
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Yarneccia Dyson, PhD, MSW
Dean, Graduate College of Social Work
University of Houston
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Pamela Begay, PhD, LCSW
Associate Professor of Practice
Washington University in St. Louis
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Darren Whitfield, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor
University of Maryland
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Quienton Nichols, PhD, MSW, BSW
Associate Dean
Fayetteville State University
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Ebony Perez, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Programs
North Carolina State University
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Sister Angela Kim, PhD, LCSW-C
Professor
Marywood University
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Stephen Rassi, PhD, MA, LMSW
Lecturer
Eastern Michigan University
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KaRon Spriggs-Bethea, DSW LCSW
Professor
Herzing University
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Youseung Kim, PhD
Associate Professor
Clark Atlanta University
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Peter Szto, PhD, MSW, MAR, MA
Professor, Grace Abbott School of Social Work
University of Nebraska at Omaha
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Neely Mahapatra, PhD, MSSW
Associate Professor
University of Wyoming
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Kendra M. Flores-Carter, DSW
Associate Professor and Co-Director of CBU Center for Community Engagement and Social Innovation
California Baptist University
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A. Suzanne Boyd, PhD, MSW, ACSW, FNAP
Associate Professor & ECMH Coordinator
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Krystal P. Finch, DSW, LCSW
Assistant Professor
Southern Connecticut State University